{"id":8117,"date":"2010-02-14T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=8117"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:26:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:26:16","slug":"love-that-never-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Love That Never Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>On Valentine\u2019s Day we think of romantic love. \u00a0But the kind of love that the world pushes on us shares little in common with the Bible\u2019s view of love. Love is a doing word, not a feeling. \u00a0Love is a commitment, not a moment of passion. Love is a decision, not a fleeting fancy. Love is forever, not a one-night stand. \u00a0Real love is the kind of love Jesus has for us. \u00a0If you are alone this Valentine\u2019s, you can be glad that you are not alone as there is one who has given himself for you and will always love you. As the Apostle Paul says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; \u00a0 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=1+Corinthians+13\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Corinthians 13<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Valentine\u2019s Day we think of romantic love. \u00a0But the kind of love that the world pushes on us shares little in common with the Bible\u2019s view of love. Love is a doing word, not a feeling. \u00a0Love is a commitment, not a moment of passion. Love is a decision, not a fleeting fancy. Love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,18],"tags":[538],"class_list":["post-8117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-and-2-corinthians","category-culture","tag-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Love That Never Ends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Valentine&#039;s Day we think of romantic love. \u00a0But the kind of love that the world pushes on us shares little in common with the Bible&#039;s view of love.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Love That Never Ends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Valentine&#039;s Day we think of romantic love. \u00a0But the kind of love that the world pushes on us shares little in common with the Bible&#039;s view of love.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adrianwarnockpage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-14T15:11:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-16T17:26:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@adrianwarnock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/\",\"name\":\"Love That Never Ends\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-14T15:11:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-16T17:26:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/4dc7481b9baa3553d9a7698715084eaa\"},\"description\":\"On Valentine's Day we think of romantic love. \u00a0But the kind of love that the world pushes on us shares little in common with the Bible's view of love.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/02\/love-that-never-ends\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Love That Never Ends\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/\",\"name\":\"Adrian Warnock\",\"description\":\"Patheos Evangelical\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/4dc7481b9baa3553d9a7698715084eaa\",\"name\":\"Adrian Warnock\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ff2076e287d1578e3b13fc015d78be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ff2076e287d1578e3b13fc015d78be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adrian Warnock\"},\"description\":\"The resurrection of Jesus changes everything. 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